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(1837-99). Born on Feb. 5, 1837, in Northfield, Mass., Dwight Lyman Moody became the most noted traveling evangelist of the late 19th century. He was one of nine children. He began to work at age 13, and when he was 19 Moody became a salesman in Chicago, Ill. He spent much time bringing religion to people of the slums. In 1860 he became a lay preacher, and as an evangelist he traveled widely. He founded the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, two schools, and a religious publishing firm. In 1862 he married Emma C. Revell. They had two sons and a daughter. Moody died on Dec. 22, 1899, in Northfield.